Comparison

Visual Timer for Kids vs Tiko First

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Visual Timer for Kids

This app helps children understand time and transitions with visual countdown timers and routine planners. It supports various activities like morning routines, bedtime, and chores, providing a clear visual guide for what's happening now and next.

Highlights
  • Create visual timers for kids
  • Build first-then visual schedules
  • Plan daily routines
  • Show current and next activities
  • Reusable activity timers
  • Gentle visual and sound cues
  • Lock timer controls
Features
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Tim is a visual timer and routine planner made to help kids understand time, transitions, and what comes next. Create simple visual countdown timers for morning routines, bedtime, potty training, toothbrushing, chores, screen-time transitions, cleanup, reading, homework breaks, and everyday activities. This timer helps children see how much time is left and follow a clear first-then routine without constant reminders. With Tim, you can: - Create visual timers for kids - Build first-then visual schedules - Plan morning, bedtime, chore, and daily routines - Show what activity is happening now and what comes next - Create reusable activity timers with custom durations - Use gentle sounds, haptics, and visual cues - Lock timer controls during countdowns when needed - Keep the timer visible with Live Activities and screen-awake options Tim is useful for families looking for a kids timer, timer for kids, visual timer, first then timer, routine planner, activity scheduler, schedule maker, kids chore app, visual schedule, or visual countdown timer. Whether you need a potty training timer, toothbrush timer, chores timer, 0-60 timer, or a simple little timer for transitions, Tim gives kids a clear and friendly way to move through the day. Tim works without accounts, ads, or complicated setup. Create an activity or routine, press start, and help your child see what is happening now and what comes next.

About

Tiko First

Features
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Tiko First turns a routine into pictures a child can follow on their own. You build the steps — first the toilet, then brush teeth, then get dressed — and your child sees one big picture at a time, hears it spoken aloud, and taps to cross it off. The next step slides in and gets its own little celebration; finishing the whole routine gets a big one. Steps are crossed off in order, because that is the point: First tells a child what happens now and what comes next. Tapping ahead simply says that step out loud, it never skips the queue. Change your mind? The last tick can always be undone. - One big step at a time: picture, short title, spoken in your language - An ordered strip shows what is done and what is coming - Eight routines ready to use: morning, bedtime, going out, mealtime, bath time, tidy up, school day, and a first/then board to duplicate - Every routine and step is editable — your own words, your own pictures, including photos of your child's own shoes, bathroom or bag - Morning and bedtime start fresh each day; other routines pick up where they stopped, even after a force-quit - Pin the routine you are doing now and the app opens straight into it — perfect with Guided Access - Speaks English, Dutch, French, Spanish, German and Maltese - No microphone, no camera, no ads, no scores, no accounts — works offline after first use - Child mode keeps the editing out of small hands Tiko First is part of Tiko, a child-first universe of small, focused communication and learning tools.

Screenshots

Visual Timer for Kids4 screens
Tiko First4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiko First at none against Visual Timer for Kids's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Timer for Kids sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tiko First asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Visual Timer for Kids versus Tiko First: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Timer for KidsTiko First
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLyndavan DoanSil van Diepen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Visual Timer for Kids

One-time2
  • Lifetime 4.99 Offer$4.99
  • Timer Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
None

Tiko First

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Timer for Kids free?
Visual Timer for Kids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiko First free?
Tiko First is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visual Timer for Kids or Tiko First have ads?
Neither Visual Timer for Kids nor Tiko First shows ads.

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